I Have a Mansion in the Post-apocalyptic World Chapter 660: Water resources are too scarce?
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Compared to the deserted one year ago, the Presidential Palace on Koror Island is much more lively. Because the outline of the white lacquer and marble columns resembles the White House and the magnificent subtropical garden, it is also regarded as one of the tourist attractions by tourists visiting this place.
On the lawn in front of the courtyard, Jiang Chen could see the bodyguards in suits and sunglasses, as well as the tourists who took pictures.
When Jiang Chen arrived, the president ’s chief of staff was already waiting at the door.
Only in the whole new country, he only needs to make an appointment to see the president. After explaining the intention, the chief of staff led him respectfully into the lobby and took him to the office.
Two people are sitting on the sofa in the office.
One of them was naturally Zhang Yaping, and that white man Jiang Chen looked a bit born.
When Jiang Chen came in, the two stood up. Based on the principle of respect for the honored one, Zhang Yaping first introduced Jiang Chen.
"This is Jiang Chen, the chairman of our new country's star enterprise Future Group, you should have heard of it."
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Jiang Chen." Wearing a black suit, the beard on his mouth was cleanly shaved, and Smith reached out to Jiang Chen politely.
"This is the representative of the American Matrix Desalination Company, Lud Smith." Then, Zhang Yaping introduced the Mr. Smith to Jiang Chen with a smile.
"Hello, Mr. Smith, it is also a pleasure to meet you."
After shaking hands with him, Jiang Chen nodded with a smile, and then took a seat, turning his attention to President Zhang Yaping.
Aware of the inquiry in his eyes, Zhang Yaping immediately smiled and said.
"This is the case. At present, we plan to build a desalination plant in the new country, so we invited the US matrix desalination company and asked them to do an engineering evaluation for us on Coro Island."
"Sea water desalination plant? Is the fresh water on the island insufficient?" Jiang Chen asked unexpectedly.
"Not only is it not enough, the new country's current freshwater has always been imported from Australia." Smith teased, taking a stack of documents from his briefcase, "This document is the distribution of groundwater on the island, this is water treatment. Site selection of the plant. "
Jiang Chen has no idea about how much water and electricity bills he has to pay per month for his villa. Thousands and hundreds of bills he didn't even bother to read, let alone he always ran to the end of the world. It was not until Zhang Yaping mentioned this matter that he realized this problem.
Before the 20th century, Kero Island ’s underground freshwater resources were originally abundant. but. With global warming, the sea level rises, and seawater scours the island ’s roads and houses, and the seawater is poured back, which seriously pollutes the groundwater. The freshwater resources outside the island no longer exist, and the island ’s drinking water can only rely on the remaining groundwater in the center of the island, as well as the small freshwater lake on the neighboring Garin Island.
Tropical rains are abundant, and the freshwater resources of the new country were originally sufficient. However, with the increase in immigration and the surge in tourism, the water supply system that originally only provided drinking water for 50,000 people has to be 150,000. Water supply. In order to avoid paying for expensive water prices, many tourists even travel with mineral water filled with backpacks.
However, the locals are suffering. You can't even buy fresh water on Amazon.
Including workers who have not yet obtained their nationality, the population of the new country has grown to 50,000.
Generally. In large cities with good equipment, each person needs to consume 400 kg of fresh water per day, which means that the normal domestic water in the new country needs 20,000 tons of water per day. According to statistics, about 1% -2% of the normal urban water supply is for drinking, so the residents of the new country need at least 200-400 tons of fresh water every day due to the demand for drinking water.
You can save bathing, but you ca n’t save drinking water!
Fortunately, the new government has the money to sign a water supply contract with the Australian Water Company, and a fresh water supply contract of 12,000 tons per day to ease the pressure on domestic water supply. However, the high freight rate is destined to import fresh water cannot be a long-term plan.
The new country ’s parliament voted. Preparation for bidding to construct desalination equipment on Koror Island to curb high water prices.
Before the public ’s dissatisfaction turned into a protest.
Jiang Chen flipped through the documents and Zhang Yaping continued.
"We are going to leave it to you for the desalination plant. If the future group is not interested, we can think of another way."
"Why not let the water plant do it?" Jiang Chen asked casually.
In Jiang Chen's impression. Responsible for the freshwater supply of the Panu Islands and the maintenance service of the tap water pipeline is the Australian City-West-Wate company, referred to as CWW Group. Jiang Chen is really not interested in the market for fresh water supply.
Even if the high price of one ton of water is five dollars, it monopolizes the freshwater business of the whole new country. The desalination plant's net profit per month is only 500,000 dollars.
The annual income is only 6 million, which is compared with the future income of the Renren Group in the fields of Internet, food, robot, automobile industry, medical treatment and so on. It's hardly even a small profit.
"CWW Group believes that our market is completely insufficient to support a desalination plant and ignores our bidding documents. Other small companies also have no ability to accept bids. If this is not possible, the parliament is discussing this desalination. As a social welfare project, the project is operated by the government like a public school. "Zhang Yaping smiled bitterly.
Continued financial subsidies for fresh water, even if the new government has money, it will not be enough.
"What is your opinion?" Jiang Chen looked at Smith.
Smith smiled slightly, took the file in Jiang Chen's hands, and turned to a page with color pictures.
“For the situation of the Panu Islands, our company recommends this integrated seawater desalination device using the LT-MED principle in the file. The entire seawater desalination production line can handle up to 35,000 tons per day, and the processing cost At US $ 1.6 per ton, it can perfectly solve the water supply crisis facing the new country. "
"What about the price?"
"Including the construction of the treatment plant, our quotation here is 150 million US dollars."
"It's too expensive." Zhang Yaping shook his head.
Even without considering equipment maintenance costs, this freshwater treatment plant would ideally have to take more than thirty years to recover its investment costs. Although it was not bad, Jiang Chen had no reason to take the next business destined to lose money.
Smith smiled helplessly.
"Seawater desalination is a long-term investment. Believe me, a one-time investment is definitely more cost-effective than long-term import of freshwater."
"Can't it be cheaper?"
"This is the market price." Smith said in an uncompromising tone. "The desalination equipment designed by our matrix desalination company for Maldives, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and other countries is much more expensive than sold to you."
To be honest, Smith has also been impatient for so many days talking about this.
The negotiations have been going on for so long, but no progress has been made. The government of the new country wants to desalinate the sea water, but it doesn't want to pay the money by itself. The largest tap water supplier, CWW Group, gave him a closed door soup, making him feel like he was wasting time.
The company urged him to resolve the matter as soon as possible, and took his team to Saudi Arabia. There is still a single one worth US $ 1 billion, and the cooperation project with the Saudi Arabian Desalination Corporation is waiting for him,
At this time, Jiang Chen suddenly spoke.
"Wait, do you mean ... the market price of desalination equipment is expensive?"
"Otherwise? Do you think desalination is just a stove to boil water? I recommend you try it."
Throwing away this rude sentence, Smith stood up, left a business card on the table, and looked at Zhang Yaping.
"Unfortunately, Mr. President, we failed to reach a cooperation agreement, and my team and I have wasted a week on the island. We can only settle the cost of the geological assessment and site inspection of the water treatment plant separately. The bill will be sent to the Presidential Palace in seven days. If you and your think tank have decided to discuss it, please come back to contact us at that time. I will still have a flight two hours later, and I will meet again. "
Speaking, Smith mentioned his briefcase and walked away without looking back.
Zhang Yaping wanted to stay, but Jiang Chen was caught.
"Let him go, I am not rare to cooperate with them." Jiang Chen said with a smile.
"Hey, if it doesn't work, the money can still be drawn. You can't always import fresh water from abroad ... Wait, what are you saying? Are you going to get involved in the fresh water business?" Zhang Yaping suddenly returned Taste came and looked at Jiang Chen in surprise.
If the future group intends to take over this project, he has nothing to worry about!
"Originally, I didn't have this plan," Jiang Chen said bluntly, and then he smiled again. "But according to his statement, the market scale of desalination seems to be a bit big."
It's really a mistake. He stared at the new country. Jiang Chen almost forgot that there is more than one new country in the world that lacks water! Those oil powers such as Saudi Arabia, the UAE, etc., are all those whose water is more expensive than gold.
Do n’t say anything far away, let ’s talk about the next thing. Why is Huaguo engaged in the costly South-to-North Water Diversion Project? Isn't it because the North lacks water! If he can build more than a dozen fresh water treatment plants along the Bohai Sea, will this South-to-North Water Diversion project still be used?
The desalination of seawater is a small profit, it is a huge profit! Is desalination technology a problem in the 22nd century? What reverse osmosis method, low temperature multi-effect method, electrodialysis method is simply weak!
It's really gone, even the banknotes on the feet almost didn't pick up.
Thinking of this, Jiang Chen couldn't sit still at this moment, and stood up with a thigh.
Hum, sorry, Matrix desalination company, right? From now on, you have competitors!
Seeing that Jiang Chen was going to leave, Zhang Yaping asked anxiously.
"Are you going?"
Just now Smith left, he didn't stop, now Jiang Chen intends to leave without saying a word, he can't help but worry.
Someone has to solve this freshwater problem!
Stopped, Jiang Chen turned around and smiled at him.
"Go talk to the CWW Group. I suddenly remembered that the seawater desalination equipment can be done by people in the future."
After hearing Jiang Chen's "seems to be", Zhang Yaping almost spitting blood out of breath, and vomited Jiang Chen a few words in his heart.
Grass! Your sister, it ’s better to say you earlier! (To be continued.)